Portico Quartet to Play Palace of Arts

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The act started busking in London in 2005 and singed with the Babel Label to release their debut album, Knee-deep in the North Sea, which was named Jazz Album of the Year in 2007 and was nominated for a Mercury Prize the following year.
 
The quartet signed with Peter Gabriel?s Real Words Records for their second album, Isla, released in 2009, and are set to launch a third album on January 30.
 
The quartet ? Jack Wyllie on soprano and alto saxophone, Duncan Bellamy on drums, Milo Fitzpatrick on double bass and Keir Vine on percussion ? is playing just two shows in Eastern Europe on their latest tour, stopping in Budapest and Prague.
 
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)